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• Can U Ye Htut tame the media industry?
• Six months, 1000 staff, one network
• President agrees to respect press council mediation role
• Ethnic groups send mixed messages on draft ceasefire
• School water supplies being fixed, government insists
• Census ethnicity data release delayed until after election
• Government unveils foreign scholarship program

Can U Ye Htut tame the media industry? Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:53 PM PDT U Ye Htut's appointment as the new minister for information garnered a mixed reaction from Myanmar journalists last week.

Six months, 1000 staff, one network Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:41 PM PDT Ooredoo Myanmar CEO Ross Cormack speaks about the challenges of the rollout and the company's future plans.

President agrees to respect press council mediation role Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:35 PM PDT President U Thein Sein has agreed to settle any future media disputes through the press council, following a spate of cases in which journalists have been arrested and jailed.

Ethnic groups send mixed messages on draft ceasefire Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:20 PM PDT Ethnic leaders have made a number of decisions on a draft nationwide ceasefire agreement but say they want further guarantees from the government on minority rights, particularly the introduction of a federal system.

School water supplies being fixed, government insists Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:11 PM PDT Work to ensure schools are supplied with clean water will finish by the end of July, Deputy Minister for Education U Zaw Min Aung told parliament last week.

Census ethnicity data release delayed until after election Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:01 PM PDT Officials say an unexpectedly high number of handwritten responses that did not fit into the 135 official ethnicity categories is to blame, but observers say political considerations may have also played a role.

Government unveils foreign scholarship program Posted: 03 Aug 2014 01:44 PM PDT A recently launched government scholarship program to send promising students to foreign universities may struggle to attract the best candidates due to its strict eligibility criteria, experts have warned.

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